Fire at shopping mall in southwest China kills 16 people
Sixteen people were killed after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in southwest China on Wednesday, according to Chinese state media. Dramatic images showed a huge column of…
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Venezuela’s Maduro says he needs to win reelection to avoid possible ‘bloodbath’
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has told his supporters he must win reelection this month if the country is to avoid a possible “bloodbath.” “If they do not want Venezuela to…
Ultra-Orthodox party in Israel urges young Haredi men to resist draft
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Shas party urged potential conscripts Wednesday to ignore a call-up from the Israel Defense Forces, as political divisions over the controversial issue showed signs of widening. Ultra-Orthodox Jews,…
King Charles III unveils Keir Starmer’s plans for Britain, in state opening of new parliament
Britain’s new Labour government promised to end an “era of politics as performance” in Wednesday’s ceremonial King’s Speech, unveiling a sweeping agenda that targets house building, crime and illegal migration…
Cyanide poisoning likely killed six found dead in luxury hotel, including two US citizens, Thai police say
Six people, including two US citizens, who were found dead inside a luxury hotel room in central Bangkok likely drank from tea and coffee cups laced with cyanide following a dispute…
MH17 passengers’ relatives mark 10 years since plane was shot down over Ukraine, killing 298
Relatives of passengers killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine gathered with officials at Australia’s Parliament House on Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the…
Hamas-led groups committed ‘numerous war crimes’ on October 7, rights group says
Hamas-led armed groups committed “numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity” against civilians during the October 7 attack in southern Israel, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Wednesday. In…
One in 10 young people in Japan say they have been groped in public, survey finds
One in 10 young people in Japan – the vast majority women – have been groped on trains and in other public places, a government survey has found, highlighting an…
A spate of stabbings has sparked online debate about China’s economic woes
The fatal stabbing of two people by a man at a residential compound in southern China has ignited an online debate that has amplified during a summer scarred by a spree of…
Dozens of Indian nationals in Italy freed from ‘slave-like’ working conditions on farms, police say
Thirty-three Indian farm laborers were allegedly forced to work more than 10 hours a day, seven days a week, for wages of around $4 an hour that were sometimes withheld,…